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Women in Sport.
I had my first taekwondo session of 2013last week... I am out of shape and the dudes in my taekwondo club are far more flexible than me... ...one Italian dude... named Lorenzo... ...can fully do the...
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Crossing borders.
January and February are usually really busy months in Korea... ...at least for me... This time last year I was in Japan... ... my ex-boyfriend's parents had declared war on me... ...and one of my...
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New Year Ritual.
Today marks the beginning of the new year in Korea on the lunar calendar... ...everyone is feasting and eating 떡국 to become one year older.... ... (so goes the Korean ritual...) The streets of Seoul...
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The Alumni.
As I am super old these days and very close to 30... ... I have to manage all of these 'grown-up responsibilities'... :/ ... such as taking care of my Korean sister in Seoul... ... who is recovering...
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Culturally Appropriate Attire.
One of my male friends made a bold comment recently...; "Fashion is a massive scam. We could all wear the same clothes every day of the year, and not buy anything new...but Fashion convinces us that...
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Me from Moscow.
Eating in a restaurant South of the river with a Korean friend last night... ...I was asked the typical question I always get from every waiter and waitress in Korea..."Are you Russian?" Typically in...
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Demographics.
A question some female readers in Seoul have been asking lately is... ...what kind of people you should date as you approach age 30 in South Korea... This stuff is not so consuming... ...but if you are...
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Arab and Beyond.
Back from Dubai and I'm shocked by how warm (comparatively) it is in Seoul now... The snow has melted! The snow has melted!! The snow has melted!!! Before this trip, I hadn't been in the Middle East...
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Japanese Sexuality.
Korea and Japan are so close together... (...for anyone not living in Asia...I thought I'd make that point...) It only takes an hour or so to fly Seoul -------> Tokyo. Even though Korea and Tokyo...
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Australia/New Zealand.
On Saturday night I took a cab over the bridge to the Conrad in Yeouido 여의도 for the annual Australian/New Zealand (ANZA) ball... Did you know that Australia and New Zealand are friends? I find this...
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On Fire.
I went to IFC mall 여의도 after an appointment was cancelled tonight... ... and to my surprise... ...the mall was on fire... ...and everyone had to be evacuated... (??!) So I am here again in a crowded...
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6 months on.
So I think it has been around 6 months...... since I filmed that Korean dating episode for the Arirang documentary series Semipermanent... The whole series has been cut and edited and the final episode...
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Seoul Fashion Week Diary.
Today is the first day of Seoul Fashion Week F/W 2013 and we are currently typing/editing from the press room at the IFC building in여의도... So far everything looks pretty organized and there don't seem...
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Seoul Fashion Week Day 2.
Not much to say about Seoul Fashion Week Day 2 except for... ...many men... ...a lot of wetsuit fabric... ...and surprisingly... ...a lot of free beer was offeredduring the shows... ...but it was...
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The end of Fashion.
It's kind of the end of Seoul Fashion Week F/W 2013...... and I just went and got a massage at the chinese massage shop near my apartment... ...because I was walking around in some tall shoes this week...
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The Kpop Pilgrims.
One of the reasons I moved to South Korea back in the day... ...was due to my fascination with Korean mafia movies... ... and also Korean boybands... While my obsession with Kpop has dwindled over the...
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Hennessy and Rodman.
Perhaps I could use this so called "Korean Nuclear Crisis" to my advantage... ...because I have been receiving quite a few messages internationally... ... from people who think I should hide in their...
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Real Estate.
I may potentially be looking at apartments in Seoul at the moment... ...as my youngest Korean sister gets back from New York this month... ...and I am concerned that there might be too many girls in...
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Escape from South Korea.
I have been inundated with emails about safety in South Korea at the moment. I can't speak for the other Australians, Germans, South Africans, Swiss, Canadians, and New Zealanders residing in Korea......
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War and Kpop.
Today is Kim Il-Sung's birthday... His grandson, Kim Jong-Un... ...was supposedly planning on launching missiles today... ...but so far in Seoul... ...it seems to be a very regular Monday... The 'big...
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